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Little Dragon are no strangers to Sonar Festival. Having previously performed twice at Sonar by Day, this year 125,000 festival-goers would get the chance to see their unique and undeniable style of electronic pop at Sonar by Night and for many of us it would be the first time seeing them perform their fifth studio album ‘Season High’ released earlier this year.

Friday night DJ and presenter on Track Family Radio, Tottie, caught up with Yukimi Nagano right before their performance to talk about her personal experiences working in electronic music. “I have always had a lot of support with the guys and the band, it’s definitely harder going it alone as a woman in the industry.” We also find out how she prepares for live shows and her top 3 female artists of all time.

Her advice to girls trying to break it into the music industry, “Dont be intimidated by anyone, the sky’s the limit“. So on that solid piece of advise, get out there and show them who’s boss ladies.

This year Barcelona City FM presenters D.N.S & Tottie reported at Sonar Festival on a topic very close to their hearts; bridging the gender gap in electronic music and tech culture and talking exclusively to female artists performing at Sonar Festival 2017 – #WomenInSonar2017.

Catch up on all the interviews on the Barcelona City FM Facebook page and YouTube channel featuring some of the fantastic female artists who performed at Sonar Festival and Sonar+D this year.

Without a doubt one of the most exciting, innovative electronic music producers and live artist’ gripping the underground electronic music circuit the moment, Jlin cannot be defined by music genre or how danceable her productions are. The raw energy from her live set on the SonarLab stage at Sónar by Night on Friday this year was mind blowing. An injection of sonic soundscapes lifted a room full of Sónar’s more perceptive minds.

June in Barcelona not only means the start of those sweaty sleepless summer nights, but also Sonar Festival is upon us. With Sonar in its 24th year and most highly attended to date, a record number of 124,000 festival-goers descended on the city for one of the most respected worldwide music festivals in electronic and advanced music

This year Barcelona City FM presenters D.N.S & Tottie were there from start to finish reporting on a topic very close to their hearts; bridging the gender gap in electronic music and tech culture and talking exclusively to female artists performing at Sonar Festival 2017 – #WomenInSonar2017.

Dutch singer/songwriter Sofie Winterson pulled out a beautiful performance on the Red Bull Music Academy presents Sonar Dome stage on Friday. Tottie caught up with Sofie after her performance to talk about her personal journey as a woman working in the electronic music industry, how she gets into her creative groove and which female artist she would like to collaborate with next.

Sofie comments: “I Loved playing Sonar. Even though most of our equipment was lost in our transit and we had to switch to rented gear which was quite stressful, we felt the performance went really well and the crowds were lovely. Barcelona is a magic place and I hope to be back for Sonar in the future.”

Over the next few weeks D.N.S and Tottie will be releasing all the interviews on the Barcelona City FM Facebook page and YouTube channel featuring some of the fantastic female artists who performed at Sonar Festival and Sonar+D this year.

Kicking off the summer in fine form Barcelona City FM invites you to join our Sounds On Sunday series taking place every Sunday evening on the divine rooftop terrace of Hotel Alma.

Our first event on Sunday 25th June set the vibe off in fine form with music from weekly Barcelona City FM radio shows Sweet Lemonade, Fantastic Planet and Track Family’s DJ Tottie filling the rooftop with weekend groovers and nu-jazz funk.

We are back on Sunday 2nd July for another sunny Sounds on Sunday rooftop session with Barcelona City FM‘s very own Wednesday night Almost There Show host, Louie Headnod set to serve up a fine dose of hip hop, reggae, funk, soul and jazz. And if you like Brazilian beats you’re in for a treat! Didones brings the sunshine vibes of his Brazilian Beats show into the mix. Plus we have hotel resident DJ Loopnavarro stepping up with his selection of late night vinyl cuts.

Join us every Sunday from 18:00-23:00 at the Hotel Alma setting things up right for the week ahead. Sunshine, vibes and good times.

Since the very beginning, D.N.S at Tottie have been an integral part of the Barcelona City FM family. Tottie, one part of the Track Family trio and D.N.S keeping things underground with Groove Control and now heading up events for the station, both ride the online and FM airwaves every Friday night from 19:00- 01:00 providing Barcelona’s soundtrack to the weekend.

It was only a matter of time before the two joined forces and work on a project as prolific as #womeninsonar2017

Approached by Sonar and Sonar+D, the projectrunby Barcelona City FM presentersD.N.S and Tottie aims to create engagement and exclusive content from pioneering and emerging audio-visual female artists’ and tech creatives at Sonar Festival and Sonar+D in Barcelona this June.

The Barcelona City FM presenters are on site at all week chatting to some of the many great female artist’ performing at the festival this year including Yukimi Nagano of LittleDragon, avant-garde electronic music producer Elysia Crampton, Barcelona based producer Yila who will be performing at Sonar by Night on Saturday, US R&B producer D△WN performing at Sonar by Day on Thursday, Bad Gyal, Jlin and Marie Davidson who will be performing “Bullshit Threshold”. Head of Music at Kickstarter Molly Neuman and Creative Diretor Emma Pueyo moderating the Managing Creativity roundtable and kicking off Sonar +D on Wednesday.

Listen to their #womeninsonar2017 radio shows recorded prior to festival week.

D.N.S and Tottie in the studio with Georgia Taglietti and Antònia Folguera

Content throughout the festival includes 360 degree interviews with select artist’ courtesy of our production parters SAE Barcelona, a live Facebook stream with artist’ direct from Sonar by Day and a daily video dairy filmed during festival week, which will be posted on the Barcelona City FM Youtube and social media channels. A daily radio show will go live from a remote location at 22:00 CET so make sure you watch via the Barcelona City FM website, tune in via 107.3FM and engage on their social media channels.

Follow the girls Barcelona City FM Insta Stories and hashtag them #womeninsonar2017 #wis2017

The time has come to celebrate a milestone at Barcelona City FM. After blood, sweat, tears and many a late night we are finally ready to launch the new www.barcelonacityfm.com

To celebrate this development come party with us on Tuesday 2nd of May at Garage442, meet our radio hosts and DJ’s, as well as thank our clients and key people who have made this all possible as together we redefine the airwaves in English across the Catalan capital for the first time.

Barcelona City FM has been broadcasting for more than 16 months and continues to grow. 107.3FM continues to be the most powerful way to reach our audience with numbers of web and app based streamers growing even faster.

We have been working really hard on our website update and have incorporated full-screen video streaming live from our studio and other locations around the city, giving the best audio-visual experience for our listeners.

So get involved people, keep the bank holiday party going and take the Wednesday off.